UP Center for Women’s Studies (UPCWS) and UP Center for Women’s Studies Foundation, Inc. (UPCWSFI) welcome nominations for the 5th Lourdes Lontok-Cruz (LLC) Awards for Best Thesis and Dissertation in Women’s and Gender Studies

11077781_793383610743950_6506922240282137632_oDeadline for submission is May 7, 2015

The LLC Awards was initiated in 2000 by the UPCWS and UPCWSFI with a grant from Atty. Lourdes Lontok-Cruz, president of the UPCWS Foundation from 1998-2009. The LLC Awards honors the contributions of Atty. Lontok-Cruz (1923-2011) to the strengthening of women’s studies in the University of the Philippines and her advocacy for women’s equality and gender empowerment.

Nominations from Faculty Advisers and Deans from the whole UP System are welcome. The coverage of this year’s Awards is for the academic years 2011-2015. Please help circulate.